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‘Every family has its myths. We were told our forebears mapped Ireland’
On a stroll along the East Lothian coastline, the author of Hamnet talks to Alex O’Connell about her peripatetic early childhood and sifting through family folklore to find the mapmaking ancestors who inspired her new novel
9 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
James Murdoch moves into ‘fairer media’ with Vox deal
In signing a $300m deal to buy half of New York-based Vox Media, James Murdoch joins liberal billionaires Laurene Powell Jobs at the Atlantic and John Henry at the Boston Globe in attempting to defend struggling US media operations.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Mindy Kaling
The hardworking multitasker is rewriting the workplace comedy, says Barbara Ellen
4 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Activist ‘feared for her life’ on Gaza flotilla
A UK-based pro-Palestine activist intercepted by Israeli forces on a flotilla heading to Gaza last week has said she feared for her life as she watched colleagues emerge bleeding and wounded from a shipping container.
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
A tale of two fires: in Milan, nine convicted — at Grenfell, we’re still waiting
In August 2021, a huge fire ripped through the 18-storey Torre del Moro in Milan.
4 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Time will tell, mon ami... Mystery of the newest Poirot
There are clues for fans to solve as the BBC casts Agatha Christie’s enduring Belgian sleuth
3 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
This survey of the poor is rich reading
The rise of Reform UK — the self-proclaimed anti-elite people’s party — has certainly forced a recognition of the impact of inequality, if not in quite the way the party intends.
4 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Felicity Lott
From gawky girl to one of Britain’s most feted sopranos, she was known for her wit and modesty
3 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Bartlett sets to transforming 'podslop' into children's TV
Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and Diary of a CEO podcast host, is releasing an AI-generated children’s show that repackages lessons from his interviews with celebrities and business leaders for a younger audience.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Did the CIA poison England’s chance of being 1970 World Cup champions?
Gabriel Gatehouse initially dismissed the idea the US had spiked goalkeeper Gordon Banks’s beer as a classic conspiracy theory. After a three-year investigation, he found a story of the political games played off the pitch — and enough evidence to believe it might be true...
7 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Investors offered a ticket to Elon Musk’s $2tn SpaceX lottery
SpaceX’s first offer of shares to the public, which began its prelaunch countdown last week, is arguably capitalism’s final frontier.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
UK needs to form Cobra committee for AI, says Anthropic co-founder
Jack Clark admits he has no idea how the tech will transform our lives and economy, but it’s time to start planning for the disruption, he tells Patricia Clarke
5 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Writes and wrongs: the tale of The Serpent in the Grove
In the debate over whether a prize-winning story was penned by bot, Erica Wagner speaks to the writer himself — and still cannot be sure
4 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Keir’s beers: No 10 plans World Cup pavement pints
Harold Wilson declared after England’s 1966 victory that “we only win the World Cup under a Labour government”.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Not helping
A crisis in Africa shows that humanitarian aid cuts are not just cruel, but self-defeating
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Number of graduates with £200,000-plus student debt triples in a year
More than 500 graduates owe at least £200,000 each after taking out student loans. This compares with five years ago, when no one had such debt with the Student Loans Company.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
We need to fight impunity. Leonard Cohen knew the law wasn't enough
The songwriter’s work reminds us that even amid breakdown, human understanding and ethical direction remain possible
6 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Whatever your fantasy of the perfect Labour leader, Andy Burnham wants to be it
The mayor of Greater Manchester likes to be liked. That’ll be a problem if he’s faced with the tough choices of government
4 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
‘It’s shocking we’re going through it all again’: scientists race for vaccine as Ebola ravages Congo
Weeks after the first known case, researchers say that funding cuts have left the west African country vulnerable to the deadly virus — yet a vaccine is potentially just months away
6 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
The Boardroom Sensemaker M&S cyber hack shows it pays to prep
M&S has revealed a pre-tax profit of £671m for 2025, down roughly a quarter from a year earlier, after a cyber-attack last spring cost the supermarket £131m.
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Behind every political fall is a family left to endure the cruel cost
How must it feel, these turbulent days, to be the family of a politician under pressure?
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
‘Social media is killing children. A lawless digital world shaped my son’s murderers’
As the government prepares to announce on Tuesday if it will ban social platforms for under-16s, parents and police warn that the focus on young people’s mental health overshadows extreme physical dangers
8 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Grote's bertholdia moth
When I was a caterpillar everything was right. I never worried about anything apart from where the next meal was coming from and, since I ate leaves and lived in a tree, there was never a very high level of anxiety.
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Fewer staff, better productivity. That might have been the plan all along
The UK unemployment rate now stands at 5%. Outside the pandemic, it hasn’t been that high in a decade.
3 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
It’s possible to disagree with the boss of the Southbank without closing him down
Misan Harriman is being hounded out of his job over accusations of antisemitism – but is there more to the demands for his departure, asks Andrew Anthony
5 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Reform candidate in Makerfield calls abortion ‘cowardly murder’
Reform UK’s candidate in the Makerfield byelection called abortion a “cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby”.
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Corruption, Cuba, revenge: Republicans fear Trump will spell midterm meltdown
With Cuba apparently now in his sights, along with enemies in his own party, the erratic president has become a source of existential angst for those seeking re-election this autumn, Hugh Tomlinson writes
2 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
‘Unfireable’ Musk to neuter shareholders in SpaceX IPO
The tycoon is engineering total control in perpetuity, although the $1.75tn valuation of his company is being called ‘absurdly high’, writes Barney Macintyre
3 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
Wes Streeting's wealth tax would not be easy to levy
Would-be prime minister Wes Streeting's proposal for a \"wealth tax that works\" is certainly smart politics, combining populist rich bashing with the pragmatic goal of ensuring that more money actually flows to the Treasury.
1 min |
May 24, 2026
The Observer
More than 90 dead in China’s worst mining disaster for decade
More than 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China, in the worst mining disaster in the country for more than a decade.
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